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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| YEWS |
115634 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1905 |
10/11/1905 |
13/12/1905 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Coaster General Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| J. Fullerton & Co, Paisley |
Merksworth Works |
186 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 333 grt / 100 nrt / |
142.6 ft |
23.4 ft |
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10.1 ft |
| Engine builder |
Renfrew Brothers, Irvine |
| Engine detail |
| Steam C. 2-cyl. (16” & 34” x 24”) 47 rhp 400ihp, 1 screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Frontier Town Steamship Co Ltd - Joseph Fisher & Sons, Newry |
Newry |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1910 |
Collision 20/06/1910 |
| Disposal Detail |
19/06/1910 Whilst on a voyage from Harrington with pig iron for Port Talbot collided off The Skerries with and sank the French steamer LA ROCHELLE (1,360/1883) with the loss of 10 of the French crew. YEWS bow was badly damaged and she started to settle by the head.
20/06/1910 Having struggled to keep her afloat the crew lost their fight and YEWS sank at 18:00 hrs.
ten of LA ROCHELLE crew of nineteen and the crew of the YEWS being picked up by the steamers PANMURE (321/1859) and ALDERNEY.
29/06/1910 Register closed |
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